POLL: Do You Wish Giant Sea Monsters Ate Hummers Today?

POLL: Do You Wish Giant Sea Monsters Ate Hummers Today?

Scientists have determined that an Arctic "sea monster" that they're calling "Predator X" was really, really horrifying. Scientifically speaking. Via Reuters, you'll see why this is really exciting:

The 50 ft (15 meter) long Jurassic era marine reptile had a crushing 33,000 lbs (15 tonnes) per square inch bite force, the Natural History Museum of Oslo University said of the new find on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

"With a skull that's more than 10 feet long you'd expect the bite to be powerful but this is off the scale," said Joern Hurum, an associate professor of vertebrate paleontology at the museum who led the international excavation in 2008.

Hurum had said of the first fossil pliosaur that it was big enough to chomp on a small car. He said the bite estimates for the latest fossil forced a rethink.

"This one is more like it could crush a Hummer," he said. referring to General Motors' large sport utility vehicle.

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